Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison announced the company's first prominent Linux customer Tuesday: Yahoo. But Red Hat hasn't been pushed aside at the Internet company.
Ellison cited the…
MySQL & Carahsoft Extend Partnership
MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced an expanded partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a leading government information technology provider…
Is OLPC Putting a Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound?
What does the sitcom "Seinfeld" have to do with One Laptop per Child (OLPC), the project aiming to distribute inexpensive notebook computers to the impoverished, third-world children?
Not…
Acer asks for £50 more for a notebook WITHOUT Windows?
I covered this in an article earlier but felt that it actually needed a proper write-up with further explanation. All I was trying to do was work out whether certain vendors would supply me a…
GNOME Foundation Retains Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software, today announced the addition of a new client, the GNOME Foundation…
Microsoft Not a Cathedral; Open Source Not a Bazaar
It's not every day that you see a Microsoft employee demonstrating Microsoft software running natively on Linux. Yet that's exactly what happened at AJAXWorld here, as Brad Abrams, group program…
KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Finalised
The KDE Community and the release team have put together a release plan for the long anticipated version 4.0, which is planned to be released in October 2007. KDE 4.0 will be a major milestone for…
Trolltech’s Qtopia Chosen as the Preferred Platform for Skype Certified WiFi Phones
Trolltech announced that Skype, the global internet communications company, has chosen Trolltech’s Qtopia as the preferred platform for connecting the Skype user interface to the operating system…
Will an open source router replace your Cisco router?
Vyatta is an open source company that hopes to take the XORP (i.e., extensible open source router platform) and make it a commercially viable, enterprise-ready product. Pronounced "vee-atta,"…
Oracle CEO: Linux Support Program Working
Oracle Corp. has gotten off to a "very strong start" with its support program for users of Red Hat Inc.'s Enterprise Linux, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Ellison announced the…